Colts knock out Eagles, close in on division title

INDIANAPOLIS -- Joseph Addai tied a franchise record with four touchdowns, and the Indianapolis Colts' defense never let Philadelphia get close Sunday night as Indianapolis routed the Eagles 45-21.

The Colts (10-1) can clinch their fourth straight AFC South title with a win at Tennessee next week.

Philadelphia (5-6) played its first game without Donovan McNabb, who will miss the rest of the season with a torn knee ligament. But the Eagles couldn't blame this one on McNabb's absence.

Jeff Garcia, McNabb's replacement, was 19-of-23 for 140 yards and threw two TDs. Brian Westbrook ran 20 times for 124 yards and one touchdown, becoming the first Eagles player since Wilbert Montgomery in 1981 to produce three straight 100-yard games.

But the Eagles made mistakes all night -- and the Colts took advantage.

Addai opened the game by sandwiching a 10-yard score around two 15-yard runs to give Indy a 21-0 lead and set a rookie record with a late 4-yard run.

Addai finished with 171 yards.

Lenny Moore, Lydell Mitchell and Eric Dickerson are the only other Colts players with four TDs in one game.

Manning wasted little time in putting the game away early in the second half. He threw a 15-yard TD pass to Reggie Wayne to make it 31-7. Manning finished 14-of-20 for 183 yards and one interception, becoming the fastest player in league history (139 games) to 3,000 completions. The previous mark was shared by Dan Marino and Drew Bledsoe at 146 games.

Philadelphia drew closer with a 3-yard TD pass from Garcia to Reggie Brown late in the third quarter and on Westbrook's 6-yard run with 10:13 left, but never seriously challenged again.

Addai closed it out with a 4-yard TD run, and Kelvin Hayden scored on a 26-yard fumble for the Colts.

Indianapolis lost tight end Dallas Clark with a sprained right knee late in the first half but gave no additional details.